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New stamp duty relief introduced by the government has saved first time buyers £2,300 on average when buying their first home.
New stamp duty relief introduced by the government has saved first time buyers £2,300 on average when buying their first home.
Homeowners desperate to sell their property are marking down the price by an average £24,947 from the original asking price.
In the first quarter of 2018 housing wealth accessed using equity release has doubled in only two years with nearly £10 million a day.
Official statistics confirms the first fall in London’s annual house price growth of -1.0% since September 2009, the lowest in the country.
Over the past two years house price growth has exceeded earnings for a fifth of homeowners by as much as £52,000 in some areas.
London is the worst performing region down 1% for the year while house price grow across the country is subdued.